grey area

英 [ˌɡreɪ ˈeəriə]

美 [ˌɡreɪ ˈeriə]

n.  灰色地带，中间区域(界线不明、不易归类、难以界定或处理的领域或形势)

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 灰色地带，中间区域（界线不明、不易归类、难以界定或处理的领域或形势）
  an area of a subject or situation that is not clear or does not fit into a particular group and is therefore difficult to define or deal with
  1. Exactly what can be called an offensive weapon is still a grey area.
     究竟什么可称作进攻性武器仍然难以界定。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 gray area


• N-COUNT 灰色地带，中间区域（界线不明、责任不清、难以处理的领域或情形）
  If you refer to something as agrey area, you mean that it is unclear, for example because nobody is sure how to deal with it or who is responsible for it, or it falls between two separate categories of things.
  1. At the moment, the law on compensation is very much a grey area.
     目前，关于赔偿的法律规定十分不明确。
  2. ...that gray area between blue-collar laborers and white-collar professionals.
     介于蓝领工人和白领专业人士之间的中间地带

英英释义

noun

• an intermediate area
  Synonym:gray area

双语例句

• Many of the factories got off the ground using money raised by a handful of relatives and family friends from underground banks, which exist in a legal grey area, tolerated but not formally approved by the authorities.
  许多工厂的起步都用的是亲戚和家里的朋友从地下钱庄筹集到的钱，这种地下钱庄存在于法律上的灰色地带，它被默许存在，但没有得到官方的正式批准。
• There is a third grey area company that we need to address as well.
  有一种处于灰色地带的第三类公司我也需要说明一下。
• The difference between gross negligence and recklessness is a legal grey area.
  严重渎职与草率行事之间的区别是一个法律上的官区。
• To set the breakpoint, open GetFlights. jsp, and right-click in the grey area to the left of the line of code which starts with
  为设置断点，打开GetFlights.jsp，在以
• Because of lack of flexible regulation for true NGOs, many still operate in a legal grey area that means they can be shut down at any time.
  由于缺乏真正的非政府组织那种灵活的规则，许多这类组织仍然在法律的灰色地带运作，这意味着他们随时可能被关闭。
• On the lesser question of whether in fact you are right, it is a grey area.
  关于你是否真的正确这个次要问题，也不是那么清楚。
• There remains a big grey area between bribery and political deal-making.
  贿赂与政治交易之间，存在一个巨大的灰色地带。
• There's a grey area in the game over intent or not intent," said the manager. "You can never prove it.
  关于故意或无意，是一个灰色地带，你永远证明不了什么。
• Some typos present enough of a grey area to make them difficult to pursue the perpetrators through the courts.
  打字错误是一个很大的灰色地带，很难通过法庭来起诉抢注者。
• Hopefully we can all get organized and we can get out of this grey area.
  希望我们都能组织起来，并且走出这个灰色地带。